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Spain's news in English, from Madrid to the costas and the islands, and what it means for your day. For expats, holiday-home owners and visitors.

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Spain News is independent. It does not represent the Spanish government or any public body and is not affiliated with them. Government information comes from the official sources under SOURCES.

NEWS
By topic (politics, the regions, strikes, living in Spain, property, La Liga and more) and by place, from Girona to Gran Canaria. A notification at most once a day for what you follow, never at night. Tap a term under a headline (NIE, DANA) for an explanation.

TODAY
For your place: weather warnings and felt earthquakes, with alerts; the weather; Saharan dust (calima); the hour's electricity price and the cheapest hours; the strike watch; the euro; the next puente.

LIVING
A 90/180-day counter for visitors from outside the EU, kept on your phone, with a reminder before your days run out. Paperwork explained: NIE, TIE, padrón, healthcare, driving licences, taxes, visas, autónomos, holiday lets.

CALENDAR, SPANISH AND LA LIGA
Holidays for your community and town, fiestas and tax dates, with reminders. A Spanish word a day and "Spain explained". La Liga and La Liga 2 tables and scores.

SOURCES
Government information, and its official source:
Weather warnings: AEMET, https://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo/prediccion/avisos (through MeteoAlarm, https://meteoalarm.org/)
Earthquakes: IGN, https://www.ign.es/web/ign/portal/sis-catalogo-terremotos
Electricity prices: Red Eléctrica, https://www.ree.es/en/datos/markets
Holidays: BOE, https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-21254
Taxes: Agencia Tributaria, https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/en_gb/
NIE, TIE and residency: National Police, https://sede.policia.gob.es/
Visas: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, https://www.exteriores.gob.es/en/ServiciosAlCiudadano/Paginas/Servicios-consulares.aspx
Social Security: https://www.seg-social.es/
Driving licences: DGT, https://www.dgt.es/
Holiday-let registration: Land Registry, https://sede.registradores.org/
Elections: Central Electoral Board, https://www.juntaelectoralcentral.es/
Government of Spain: https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/Paginas/index.aspx
EU border rules: https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees_en (and ETIAS), home-affairs.ec.europa.eu
UK government: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain
Exchange rates: European Central Bank, https://www.ecb.europa.eu/
Linked from the strike watch: Renfe, https://www.renfe.com/es/en; Rodalies, https://rodalies.gencat.cat/en/; Metro de Madrid, https://www.metromadrid.es/en; TMB, https://www.tmb.cat/en/home; Aena, https://www.aena.es/en/
Everything else, and its source:
News feeds: El País, The Local Spain, The Guardian, The Olive Press, Euro Weekly News, Spain in English, The Corner, Spanish Property Insight, Football España
Through Google News (news.google.com): SUR in English, Catalan News, Majorca Daily Bulletin, Murcia Today, Canarian Week